• THE INFLUENCE OF ELEPHANTS FORAGING ON TREE SPECIES REGENERATION AND ABUNDANCE IN ARABUKO-SOKOKE FOREST, KENYA 

  NJUGUNA, LYNN NJERI (Pwani University, 2022-01-14)

  Elephants play a significant role in structuring forest and savannah ecosystems. They influence plant regeneration patterns through their role in seed dispersal and germination, creation of forest gaps, pruning of vegetation ...

• ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN REHABILITATED LIMESTONE QUARRIES OF BAMBURI, MOMBASA COUNTY - KENYA 

  MUSANDO, ALBERT AKONDO (Pwani University, 2021-12-21)

  Bamburi quarries are expansive areas exploited by the Bamburi Cement Company, the largest cement producer in Kenya. These areas undergo ecological restoration, a process that began in 1971 to mitigate the degradation caused ...

• ASSESSING THE ABUNDANCE AND NESTING BEHAVIOUR OF GOLDEN-RUMPED ELEPHANT-SHREWS (GRES) (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) IN ARABUKO-SOKOKE FOREST, KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA 

  NYANCHAMA, ONDORO RAEL NELLY (Pwani University, 2021-03-08)

  he Golden-rumped Elephant-shrew (GRES) (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) is an insectivorous mammal endemic to Arabuko-Sokoke Forest (ASF) and environs. It is listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of ...

• ASSESSMENT OF LAND TENURE, LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN TAITA HILLS FOREST FRAGMENTS: A CASE STUDY OF NGERENYI FOREST FRAGMENTS IN TAITA TAVETA COUNTY, KENYA 

  MKUZI, HAMISI TSAMA (Pwani University, 2020-01-23)

  The indigenous Taita Hills cloud forest is fragmented to 5ha or less forest cover, except Chawia, Ngangao, and Mbololo forests which are fragments of more than 5ha. This fragmentation due to changing land uses, threatens ...

• EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT THE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE IN REDUCING CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS DISCHARGED INTO RIVER ATHI, KENYA 

  WAFULA, GODFREY WABWILE (Pwani University, 2020-10-23)

  Information about the effectiveness of a wastewater treatment plant is vital in ensuring that the water quality discharged into water bodies and the environment in general meets set standards. In this study, the performance ...

• ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURE AND NATURAL REGENERATION CAPACITY OF Avicennia marina and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza SPECIES OF MANGROVES IN MIDA CREEK KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA 

  ERASTO, DAVID AMAKANGA (Pwani University, 2021-03-23)

  The study assessed the structure, natural regeneration capacity and Biotic agents of Avicennia marina and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza species in Mida creek, Kilifi County. The study used both cross section and descriptive research ...

• INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF BUTTERFLY FARMING & HARVESTING ON WILD BUTTERFLY POPULATION IN THE NATURE RESERVE OF ARABUKO SOKOKE FOREST, KILIFI COUNTY KENYA 

  ADEN, HUSSEIN ABDULLAHI (Pwani University, 2019-08-28)

  Butterflies are among the most studied Lepidoptera in the world, More recently, studies of butterflies in tropical rain forests have resulted in a cottage industry as "farms" or "ranches" where live butterflies are reared ...

• CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN THE SEAGRASS MEADOWS OF MALINDI MARINE PARK AND RESERVE, KENYA 

  OTIENO, VICTOR ODONGO (Pwani Unversity, 2017-07-12)

  Seagrass meadows are efficient carbon dioxide (CO2) sinks sequestering about 10% of the annual organic carbon (Corg) burial in the global oceans. Corg sequestered by seagrass beds in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in ...

• IMPACT OF RING NET FISHERIES ON EXPLOITED FISH STOCKS AND HABITATS WITHIN THE INSHORE MARINE WATERS OF KILIFI, KENYA 

  BETT, DAVID KIPROTICH (Pwani University, 2018-04)

  Ring nets are small modification of purse seines used along the Kenyan coastline for pelagic fishing. Introduction of the gears from Pemba, Zanzibar in Tanzania in 1990s has since caused resource-use conflicts associated ...

• ASSESSMENT OF THE STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY OF MANGROVE FORESTS ALONG THE KENYAN COAST 

  MOHAMED, SEIF LANDI (Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-12)

  Mangrove forests play important roles benefit both the coastal communities and nation at large. However, no comparisons on structural variations of these ecosystems have ever been done and made available to forest managers ...

• THE INFLUENCE OF NUTRIENTS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEAGRASS IN THE MALINDI MARINE PARK AND RESERVE 

  KOMBE, CLARICE AMANI (Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-12)

  This study examined the influence of nutrients on seagrass. Seagrass are marine angiosperms that serve a critical role in the conservation of marine species and promotion of coastal livelihoods. Seagrass continue to ...

• ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN BOREHOLES AND WELLS IN WAA LOCATION, KWALE COUNTY - KENYA 

  Kilwake, Joseph Wanjala (Pwani University, 2016-05)

  Water from boreholes and dug wells is extensively used in Kwale County, especially by rural communities living away from established market centers, where piped water is commonly available. The study aimed to assess the ...

• THE CONCENTRATION OF SELECTED HEAVY METALS IN RIVER MUKURUMUDZI , KWALE COUNTY 

  MWASHINGA, EDWIN NYAMBU (Pwani University, 2016-11)

  Rivers are the major sources of water used in cities and its suburbs. This water may either be treated or untreated. River banks could be very busy, with varied activities ranging from farming to industries and other ...

• ASSESSMENT OF THE STRUCTURE AND BIOMASS ACCUMULATION IN MANGROVE FOREST OF KILIFI CREEK, KENYA 

  SAID, OMAR ABDULMAJEED (Pwani Unversity, 2016-02-08)

  Mangroves are typical marine ecosystems in tropical and sub-tropical coasts and are one of the most productive systems in the world. In Kenya, mangroves have formed well developed forests in sheltered coastlines such as ...

• THE ROLE OF SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN KIDAYA NGERENYI, TAITA TAVETA COUNTY, KENYA 

  MZOZO, DELPHINA DALI (Pwani Unversity, 2017-04-08)

  Watershed protection provides an integrated framework of management systems which seek to protect multiple natural resources including forests, water and soil. An in-depth understanding on resource characteristics of ...

• ASSESSMENT OF DISTRIBUTION OF SMALL CARNIVORES AND THEIR PREY IN ARABUKO-SOKOKE GAME RESERVE ALONG THE KENYAN COAST 

  NGUMBAO, KANUNDU MWARANDU (Pwani Unversity, 2017-06-08)

  Globally, animal populations are threatened by various biodiversity interferences such as game hunting and forest fragmentation. Forest carnivores have been a focus of research in the recent past. Unlike the large ...

• SEWAGE LINKED CONTAMINATION OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL BEACH WATERS IN MOMBASA COUNTY KENYA 

  HAMID, HAITHAM ABDULAZIZ (Pwani Unversity, 2017-11-07)

  Population increase and coastal development causes marine pollution. The increasing influx of sewage to coastal waters poses a direct threat to human and environmental health upon which the economy relies (Murray, 2007). ...

• INFLUENCE OF SEAWEED EXTRACT IN ENHANCING PHYTOREMEDIATION OF BIO-DIGESTER EFFLUENT BY DUCKWEED 

  KAMAU, MOSES NDIRANGU (Pwani Unversity, 2017-08-07)

  Enriching water bodies with nutrients contaminates water bodies. Whereas, the use of duckweed plants to restore eutrophied water bodies have been going on, treating duckweed with seaweed extract to increase N and P removal ...

• EVALUATION OF POPULATION STATUS AND FORAGING ECOLOGY OF SABLE ANTELOPE (Hippotragus niger roosevelti – Heller, 1910 ) IN SHIMBA HILLS NATIONAL RESERVE, KENYA 

  OCHIENG, BENARD (Pwani Unversity, 2018-04-07)

  The Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger roosevelti- Heller, 1910) is endemic to Shimba Hills National Reserve (SHNR) in Kenya. In the past few decades its population has declined considerably. Despite the alarming decline ...

• EVALUATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING SEAWEED FARMING IN JAMBIANI VILLAGE IN UNGUJA ISLAND, ZANZIBAR 

  ALI, NASSRA ISSA (Pwani Unversity, 2018-01-05)

  Commercial seaweed farming in Zanzibar started in 1989 with a steady increase over the years. The benefits of seaweed notwithstanding, its production has generally declined. This study sought to find out the factors that ...

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